Antonyms for wrong
| Grammar : Adj, adv, noun, verb |
| Spell : rawng, rong |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɔŋ, rɒŋ |
- acceptable
- accuracy
- accurate
- advantage
- aid
- appropriate
- assist
- authorized
- benefit
- blessing
- careful
- certainty
- clean
- commend
- compliment
- correct
- correction
- credit
- cure
- decent
- delight
- equity
- esteem
- ethical
- fair
- fairness
- favor
- fix
- flattery
- good
- good deed
- goodness
- heal
- help
- honest
- honor
- honorable
- impartiality
- improve
- just
- justice
- kind
- kindness
- lawful
- legal
- make happy
- mend
- moral
- morality
- nice
- noble
- obedience
- OK
- please
- praise
- precise
- profit
- pure
- purified
- respect
- right
- righteous
- soothe
- sound
- suitable
- sympathize
- treat well
- true
- truth
- uncorrupt
- unprejudiced
- upright
- valid
- virtue
- virtuous
Definition of wrong
Origin :- late Old English, "twisted, crooked, wry," from Old Norse rangr, earlier *wrangr "crooked, wry, wrong," from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (cf. Danish vrang "crooked, wrong," Middle Dutch wranc, Dutch wrang "sour, bitter," literally "that which distorts the mouth"), from PIE *wrengh- "to turn" (see wring).
- Sense of "not right, bad, immoral, unjust" developed by c.1300. Wrong thus is etymologically a negative of right (from Latin rectus, literally "straight"). Latin pravus was literally "crooked," but most commonly "wrong, bad;" and other words for "crooked" also have meant "wrong" in Italian and Slavic. Cf. also French tort "wrong, injustice," from Latin tortus "twisted." Wrong-headed first recorded 1732. To get up on the wrong side (of the bed) "be in a bad mood" is recorded from 1801.
- adj incorrect
- adj immoral, dishonest
- adj inappropriate, not suitable
- adj reverse, opposite
- adv astray
- noun offense, sin
- verb hurt, mistreat another
- "Flattery to ourselves does not change the nature of what is wrong," answered Philothea.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Not contentment, but a lamentation and an ancient tale of wrong!
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- Our mission is not punishment, but the rectification of wrong.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- On that foul throng that wrought them wrong—on Jury and on Judge!
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- One day she hit the shell in the wrong place--and they're still looking for the monkey.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time, on acrimony and division.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- She was saying in a thick, soft voice, "It was wrong of you, my darling."
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- "You're all wrong, chief," said Larry la Roche, and he grinned at Andrew.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The punishments that fell upon them fell upon the wrong shoulders.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Grace's strategy was very clever, but Nora's bullying is all wrong.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
Synonyms for wrong
- abuse
- afield
- aggrieve
- amiss
- amoral
- askew
- astray
- at fault
- awkward
- awry
- back
- bad
- bad deed
- badly
- base
- bias
- blamable
- blameworthy
- blasphemous
- blunder
- censurable
- cheat
- corrupt
- counterfactual
- crime
- criminal
- crooked
- cruelty
- damage
- debauched
- defame
- defective
- delinquency
- depraved
- discourtesy
- discredit
- dishonor
- dishonorable
- disproportionate
- dissipated
- dissolute
- erratic
- erring
- erroneous
- erroneously
- error
- evil
- fallacious
- false
- faulty
- faux pas
- favor
- felonious
- fluffed
- foul play
- funny
- gauche
- goofed
- grievance
- harm
- hurt
- ill-advised
- ill-treat
- illegal
- illicit
- immorality
- impose upon
- imposition
- improper
- in error
- inaccurate
- inaccurately
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- incorrectly
- indecency
- indecent
- indecorous
- inequity
- inexact
- infelicitous
- inhumanity
- iniquitous
- iniquity
- injure
- injury
- injustice
- inside
- insult
- inverse
- libel
- malapropos
- malevolence
- malign
- maltreat
- miscalculated
- miscarriage
- misconstrued
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- misdoing
- misfigured
- misguided
- mishandled
- misplaced
- misrepresent
- mistake
- mistaken
- mistakenly
- mistreat
- naughty
- not done
- not precise
- not right
- not working
- obverse
- off-balance
- off-target
- offend
- on the wrong track
- oppress
- oppression
- out
- out of commission
- out of line
- out of order
- outrage
- persecute
- persecution
- perverse
- prejudice
- profane
- profligate
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- risqué
- rotten
- sacrilegious
- salacious
- shady
- sinful
- sinfulness
- slander
- slight
- smutty
- sophistical
- specious
- spite
- spurious
- take advantage of
- tort
- transgression
- trespass
- turpitude
- unacceptable
- unbecoming
- unconventional
- undesirable
- unethical
- unfair
- unfairness
- unfavorably
- unfit
- unfitted
- unfitting
- ungodly
- ungrounded
- unhappy
- unholy
- unjust
- unlawful
- unrighteous
- unsatisfactory
- unseemly
- unsound
- unsubstantial
- unsuitable
- untrue
- vice
- vicious
- villainy
- violation
- wanton
- wicked
- wickedness
- wide
- wrongdoing
- wrongful
- wrongly
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